Abstract
Acquisition of homozygous activating growth factor receptor mutations might accelerate cancer progression through a simple gene-dosage effect. Internal tandem duplications (ITDs) of FLT3 occur in approximately 25% cases of acute myeloid leukemia and induce ligand-independent constitutive signaling. Homozygous FLT3-ITDs confer an adverse prognosis and are frequently detected at relapse. Using a mouse knockin model of Flt3 - internal tandem duplication (Flt3-ITD) - induced myeloproliferation, we herein demonstrate that the enhanced myeloid phenotype and expansion of granulocyte-monocyte and primitive Lin -Sca1 +c-Kit + progenitors in Flt3-ITD homozygous mice can in part be mediated through the loss of the second wild-type allele. Further, whereas autocrine FLT3 ligand production has been implicated in FLT3-ITD myeloid malignancies and resistance to FLT3 inhibitors, we demonstrate here that the mouse Flt3 ITD/ITD myeloid phenotype is FLT3 ligand-independent. © 2011 by The American Society of Hematology.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3613-3621 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Blood |
Volume | 118 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 29 Sept 2011 |
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Manchester Cancer Research Centre